Cotton (nickname)

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Cotton is the nickname of:

  • Cotton Davidson (1931-2022), American National Football League (NFL) quarterback for the Baltimore Colts
  • Cotton Fitzsimmons (1931–2004), American college and NBA basketball coach
  • Cotton Ivy (1930–2021), American humorist, comedian and entertainer who served in the Tennessee House of Representatives
  • Cotton Knaupp (1889–1967), American Major League Baseball (MLB) shortstop
  • Cotton Minahan (1882–1958), American MLB pitcher, and track and field athlete who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris
  • Cotton Nash (1942–2023), American MLB outfielder and National Basketball Association (NBA) forward
  • Cotton Owens (1924–2012), American NASCAR driver
  • Cotton Pippen (1911–1981), American MLB pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals (1936), Philadelphia Athletics (1939), and Detroit Tigers (1939–40)
  • Cotton Priddy (1928–1956), American NASCAR Grand National race car driver from Louisville, Kentucky
  • Cotton Speyrer (born 1949), American NFL wide receiver for the Baltimore Colts and the Miami Dolphins
  • Cotton Tierney (1894–1953), American MLB second baseman and third baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Braves, and Brooklyn Robins
  • Cotton Warburton (1911–1982), American film and television editor with sixty feature film credits with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM)

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